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Sewing with oilcloth and laminated cotton

4/25/2013

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charmed Liebling chevron wallet laminated cotton
charmed Liebling messenger bag laminated cotton
I recently had some requests for items that are supposed to be waterproof and so my focus has been on waterproof fabrics like oilcloth and laminated cotton lately. And the more I work with them, the more I love it! Actually what I am talking about is ONLY laminated cotton, I haven't tried working with oilcloth yet. Laminated cotton is basically a regular cotton fabric which has a laminate overlay, it's PVC free whereas oilcloth is a PVC product and also behaves a little bit different than laminated cotton, it's sturdier and not as soft as laminated cotton.
So far I have tried two wallets with laminated cotton which both turned out very nicely: I interfaced the first one with By Annie's Soft and Stable and the second one with Decovil. The purple one is still available in my charmed Liebling Etsy shop by the way:
charmed Liebling chevron wallet laminated cotton
charmed Liebling trifold wallet laminated cotton
laminated cotton pears

My current project is a waterproof bag for my tennis racket. (At this point I noticed I am no longer a sewing addict by the way. More like a sewing freak I guess. I mean, who makes their own tennis bag?? Well, I do :-)) I found this really cute laminated cotton on Etsy. I love the different styles of the pears!

Some helpful hints when working with oilcloth or laminated cotton
laminated cotton fabrics
1. When working with laminated cotton it is good to use sewing clips instead of pins, or if you don't have any, make sure you only pin on the seam allowance because the holes won't dissappear but stay in your fabric. I also like to use a stretch needle when sewing (e. g. Schmetz Stretch 75/11) which have a thinner point and hurt the fabric less.


2. Ironing is another tricky part and of course you should never iron directly on the laminated side. Only use medium heat and put the laminated cotton with the laminated side facing down plus another piece of fabric or a kitchen towel on top of it and nothing should happen. For me this worked out just fine!

3. It can be helpful to have a special sewing foot, a non-stick foot or a roller foot with two metal rollers like I use on my sewing machine. Oilcloth and laminated cotton don't feed well into the sewing machine and those sewing feet prevent the fabric from sticking on the throat plate and the feed dogs:
Pfaff roller foot
Pfaff roller foot
4. You can find a relatively broad selection of laminated cotton in most online fabric stores but I highly recommend you check out the following two Etsy shops:
Laminates
Oilcloth addict 

They both carry oilcloth by various designers like Amy Butler but you will also find little treasures that the "big" fabric stores don't carry, like e. g. the laminated cotton with the pears ;-)
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    Welcome to my blog! I am an accountant who once started out her "career" in the US by designing bag and wallet sewing  patterns! My patterns are available on Etsy and occasionally I will share some of my sewing projects that I work on in my spare free time on my website.  Happy sewing :)

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